Elorde offers Cesar Montano and Andrew Wolfe chance to box in real match

Will Cesar Montano and Andrew Wolfe agree to slug it out for real in the ring instead of just trading sound bites in TV interviews? Last Saturday, boxing promoter Gabriel "Bebot" Elorde Jr. said he would give the actor and the commercial model a chance to settle their differences in the ring, according to an article written by Rey Danseco for www.boxingscene.com. Danseco said Elorde, son of the late boxing legend Flash, is staging a match on Sept. 23 — between Filipino Juanito Rubillar and Indonesian Irvan Ogah — to fill the vacant light flyweight title of the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF). Elorde wasn't kidding. Earlier, on Friday, he had suggested to Chairman Eric Buhain of the Games and Amusements Board to allow movie actors, along with other professionals, to get special licenses as boxers. Elorde was quoted by Danseco as saying: “May I respectfully request the honorable chairman and commissioners to consider the possibility to include the said trainees to be given a special license as boxers under the GAB to be able to handle this sports correctly with dignity and humbleness especially inside the boxing ring, where in they will be guided correctly as what a professional boxer should follow." Montano and Wolfe almost came to blows on August 27 at the Celebrity Boxing event at the Aliw Theater. Montano admitted losing his temper after his younger brother Rommel was knocked down by Wolfe in the third round. But the model continued punching, at which point the referee stopped the fight. According to Danseco, it was Wolfe's "provoking gestures" that angered Cesar Montano, who then tried to confront the model, but bystanders came between them. Wolfe rushed away and went to a police station to have the incident recorded. "I'm not going to file a case. I'm just having it blottered for my protection," Wolfe explained. Last Saturday, in a segment of GMA's Startalk. the elder Montano said he has no intention of apologizing to Wolfe, saying in a mix of English and Filipino: "It's not that I don't want to apologize. I do apologize when I'm at fault. But it's not me who's at fault. Why should I apologize? It's not us who's at fault." In a phone interview aired over the same show, Rommel Montano, who was in Bohol, said he was feeling all right — and was looking forward to a rematch with Wolfe. The promoter, he said, has not given them a schedule yet, but he's hoping to have more time to get ready. The question is: Will Wolfe prefer a rematch with Rommel or a new match with Cesar?- GMANews.TV